Mrs. P is ordering pencils for next year's class. Mrs. P expects to have 24 students in the class. Each student will use 12 pencils during the year. Pencils come in boxes of 144 pencils. How many pencils will Mrs. P need for the next year's class? How many boxes of pencils should Mrs. P order to have enough for next year's class?
24 * 12 = pencils needed (P)
P/144 = boxes
To find out how many pencils Mrs. P will need for next year's class, we can multiply the number of students by the number of pencils each student will use.
Mrs. P expects to have 24 students in the class, and each student will use 12 pencils during the year.
Total number of pencils = Number of students × Pencils per student
Total number of pencils = 24 students × 12 pencils/student
Calculating:
Total number of pencils = 288 pencils
Therefore, Mrs. P will need 288 pencils for next year's class.
Now, let's calculate the number of boxes Mrs. P should order to have enough pencils for next year's class.
Pencils come in boxes of 144 pencils.
To find the number of boxes, we can divide the total number of pencils needed by the number of pencils in each box.
Number of boxes of pencils = Total number of pencils ÷ Pencils per box
Number of boxes of pencils = 288 pencils ÷ 144 pencils/box
Calculating:
Number of boxes of pencils = 2 boxes
Therefore, Mrs. P should order 2 boxes of pencils to have enough for next year's class.
To find out how many pencils Mrs. P will need for next year's class, multiply the number of students by the number of pencils each student will use.
Number of students: 24
Number of pencils each student will use: 12
Multiply the two quantities together:
24 students * 12 pencils per student = 288 pencils
Therefore, Mrs. P will need 288 pencils for next year's class.
To determine how many boxes of pencils Mrs. P should order, divide the total number of pencils needed by the number of pencils in each box.
Number of pencils needed: 288
Number of pencils in each box: 144
Divide the two quantities:
288 pencils / 144 pencils per box = 2 boxes
Therefore, Mrs. P should order 2 boxes of pencils to have enough for next year's class.